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Timesaving educational resources that use technology to improve instruction across all content areas and grade levels. These tools promote higher-order thinking, and support the development of writing skills. Monitor student research and writing, evaluate student performance, and create bilingual online lessons, classroom calendars, and quizzes in less time than traditional methods.
A list of ebook providers for K-6
Open Library http://openlibrary.org/ Over 1,000,000 free ebook titles available.Project Gutenberg Australia http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html Large collection of free ebooks.
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg offers over 40,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
Book Pop http://bookpop.com/bookpop.html Free illustrated stories
We Give Books http://www.wegivebooks.org/ Large collection of published free ebooks provided by the Pearson Foundation.
Giraffian http://giraffian.com/books Illustrated books for infants.
Lil\\\' Fingers Storybooks http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.php Animated stories for children.
Merpy Stories http://www.merpy.com/index_stories.html Animated stories for young children.
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/61/newest/0/free/any Free ebooks to download.
Toddler School http://www.toddlerschool.net/ Stories for infants.
Bookbox http://www.bookbox.com/free-stuff Download stories as PDFs or MP3s.
Children\\\'s Books Forever http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/ Free children\\\'s books to download as PDFs.
Books Should Be Free http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Children Ebooks and audio books for children.
Ebooks Adelaide http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/literature/childrens/ Large collection of ebooks.
Memoware Ebooks
http://www.memoware.com/?screen=search_results&DirectSearch=Y&p=category^!Children~!
Ebooks available for free download.
Oxford Owl Ebooks http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/ Free ebooks to download.
A list of ebook providers for K-6
Beatrix Potter Online http://www.wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm Read along stories with MP3s.Yesterday\\\'s Classics http://www.mainlesson.com/ Yesterday\\\'s classics for today\\\'s children.
International Children\\\'s Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ Library of ebooks for children.
Room 108 Kids Stories http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108b.html Lots of Stories for Kids.
All Books Free http://www.allbooksfree.com/childrens.htm Free ebooks for kids.
Bibliotastic http://www.bibliotastic.com/genres/children%27s 15 free ebooks for kids.
Bookrix http://www.bookrix.com/read_free_childrens_books_online.html Free children\\\'s ebooks for free reading online or download. Upper primary and teen titles.
Starfall http://www.starfall.com/ Free public service to teach children to read with phonics.
Storyline Online http://www.storylineonline.net/ Online stories for kids.
Magic Keys http://www.magickeys.com/books/ Illustrated books for kids of all ages.
Critical Evaluation of Information
- Kathy Schrock's list of resources to teach this. Links lead to bogus websites for you to use asexamples...a must for Stage 3 up.
BASIC Windows/Microsoft Training Site
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Links to lots of documents and advice for teachers and IT Coordinators (for example - how to set up an email signature;)CEO CNA Log In Instructions
How to log into CNA Portal - this enables you to get to Education Resources and Scootle (and other services as they become available)CEO Corporate Email Instructions
Tells you how to access your corporate email account.4Teachers Tools (Rubric Makers etc)
Timesaving educational resources that use technology to improve instruction across all content areas and grade levels. These tools promote higher-order thinking, and support the development of writing skills. Monitor student research and writing, evaluate student performance, and create bilingual online lessons, classroom calendars, and quizzes in less time than traditional methods.Web 2.0 Tools
Live BindersCreate and Share online bindersApp MakerDesign and Create your own Apps
Apps in EducationA Great List of Educational Apps
MeMeBooksCreate and Print Personalized Childrens Books
SchoolTubeOnline, free videos of great teachers in action
.SlideShareUpload & Share PowerPoint presentations and documents
EdutopiaThe George Lucas Educational Project
Google Apps for EducationList of Google Apps for Educators
The YouTube Teaching ChannelGreat Videos with Great Teachers
Apple Distinguished EducatorsiTunes feed with links to great lessons from great teachers
Posterous - The Easiest Way to Post and Share AnythingShare your thoughts on the go
Boardmaker ShareCreate Online Board Games
SmileBoxTurn your photos into one of a kind creations to post, print, and email
MinusCreate mini online galleries
DweeberSocial Networking site for students to study and do their homeworks together
Clay Yourself!Create a clay portrait of yoursel
fBox.net Online file sharing, content management, collaboration
MindMeisterOnline Mind Mapping and Brainstorming
SlideRocketFree Online Presentation Software
Online StickiesCreate online sticky notes
Picnik - Photo editing the easy way, online in your browserFree online photo editing
Aviary.comFree online photo editor
BigHugeLabsDo fun stuff with your photos
CompfightA Flickr Search Too
lEmbedit.in Embed any file in your websiteZamzar Free online file conversion
Read It Later:Save text and websites to read at a later date
SurveyMonkey - Powerful tool for creating web surveys. Online survey software made easy!Create online surveys
KnovioOnline Video Presentations Made Easy | PowerPoint + Webcam
ZooBurstCreate your own 3D online pop up books
VisibliGiving your links more value
Teacher Tools: Puzzle, Quiz, and Activity Builders - StumbleUpona great site with plenty of great options
BibMeFast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free
Acrobat.comThis free Adobe product is an online word processor that works just like a desktop processor--perfect for students who write academic papers and reports
.OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity SuiteThe OpenOffice suite of tools can do all of the same things as the pricey Microsoft Office--for free.
Web 2.0 Tools
Story BirdColaborative Story TellingA Complete Set Of Tools For Your BusinessZoho Office is an amazing suite of web-based productivity and collaboration tools. The suite includes free email, a word processor, a spreadsheet tool, a presentation creator and more
.Schoolr / Academic Cheat SheetThis meta search engine combines other academic search engines to make research faster and more efficient for students
.Diigo - Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Online Bookmarking and Annotation, Personal Learning Network.Diigo is an awesome tool for student researchers. It allows you to highlight and annotate specific portions of web pages. Highlighted info can be shared with other people and accessed from any PC or phone with an Internet connection.
AJAX Spell CheckerOnline spell checker
ADrive | 50GB Free Online Storage, Online Backup, Cloud StorageOnline file storage
ZenbeLists: simple, shared task management
ShareflowKeep everyone on the same page | Zenbe
ScriblinkYour Online Whiteboard
Mikogo: Free Remote Desktop, Web Conferencing & Online Meetings Mikogo is a free screen-sharing tool that simplifies online collaboration among people who aren't sitting in the same room. It can be used to instantly share whatever is on your computer screen with someone else.
Mindpicnic | Smarter learning.Mindpicnic is helping to revolutionize the way students learn by providing free courses and study materials online
.Free Vocabulary - Online Vocabulary Lessons!VerbaLearn is a good place to practice and learn English vocabulary. Students preparing for standardized tests lsuch as the SAT will enjoy this site's vocabulary-building resources.
Language Learning with Livemocha | Learn a Language Online - Free!You don't have to invest in expensive courses, books or CDs to learn a foreign language. You can do it for free on Livemocha, the world's first free social language learning site
.Free Quiz Maker: Create A Quiz, Online testing, Make quizzes, test & examsCreate free online tests and quizzes
FlashcardsThe world's largest online library of printable flash cards
SoshikuThe Smart Way to Keep Track of Your Schoolwork
CreativePro OfficePagemodoCreate a Facebook Page | Custom Fan Page Design
MoneyCreate some fun looking money
Symbaloo Access your bookmarks anywhere
TweetDeckYour social world on Twitter
The Tweeted TimesCreate your own personal newspaper from your Twitter Feed
YouTube Teacher ChannelThe YouTube Teacher Channel
Becoming an eTeacherSteps to learning how to teacher online.